I can't believe I managed to post four chapters in one day... O_o
School is starting again on Wednesday and I may or may not be slower with the chapters, but I will try to update whenever I can.
- Dream Instant
Chapter 11: A very orange situation
Evil island residents, evil natives, blue beaches, white sands and dense forests… Crash and Aku Aku have arrived N. Sanity Island. But something fishy was going on as they felt like the island was different. It usually feels calm, peaceful and like a great place to have a good time, but today, it was different. They looked up and saw a tall tower with an N on it that was in construction. They could also see a group of brainwashed island residents in the distance. That's when they realized that they were too late…
''Oh, no… this cannot be'' The witch doctor mask worried. ''This is worse than I expected.''
''Totally!'' He scratched his mohawk. ''I wonder what that big tower thing is. It doesn't look good to me…''
''I don't know what reason it has for being there, but we have to go up there and stop it once and for all.''
''What about the crystals?''
''I haven't forgot about that, Crash'' Aku Aku closed his eyes to relax and use his powers. ''I can feel the power of a crystal right now and it is close to us.''
He sure got that right because Crash looked over at the group of brainwashed residents in the distance and saw that one of them was holding a power crystal.
''There it is, Crash. We have to get it from them.''
One of the evil residents, who was actually a dingo, turned his head and saw the orange marsupial and the floating mask. He quickly notified it to the others in the group.
''Hey guys! It's that orange fuzzball that Cortex told us about! ATTACK! Attack, I say!''
Crash panicked as the group of evil residents ran towards him to attack him. Luckily, he managed to climb to a tree to protect himself from the evildoers charging towards them.
''Come on, bandicoot!'' Says the brainwashed dingo. ''Get down from there so we can play some games!''
''Ugh, can we just finish him already?'' A brainwashed raccoon guy complained. ''I don't wanna miss the episode of Wumpa Idol.''
''QUIET, STU!''
The orange marsupial was getting ready to jump off, but he halted. ''I can't fight them. They are innocent people and don't deserve to be attacked or anything. I'm here to save them from Cortex, not to save myself from them.''
''You're right, Crash. They need to be saved, not killed'' Aku Aku agreed. ''But you need to do something to get that crystal.''
''Well, here goes nothing…''
Crash made a long jump from the tree and landed on the ground. He succeeded in jumping over the group of brainwashed inhabitants but the trouble was not over yet. He turned around and saw the group of evildoers coming towards him. He stood there calm, as if nothing bad was happening and played it cool. The group of evildoers stood in a circle around Crash and Aku Aku, leaving them with nowhere to run.
''Surrender, you meddling marsupial! You've got nothing left!'' Says the brainwashed dingo. ''Every side you look to, you see one of us making sure that you don't run away!''
''Not until you relinquish that power crystal!'' Aku Aku ordered and the evil inhabitants laughed at him.
''You think that we're going to listen to a Halloween decoration's orders? Sorry! No can do!'' A brainwashed coyote guy says. ''The crystal is ours and soon, we the residents of the islands and Dr. Neo Cortex will rule the world!''
Crash started to laugh. ''That is if you succeed at it because I don't recall Cortex ever succeeding at taking over the world!''
''Oh, so you think that's funny, bandicoot?'' Says the dingo, who was still holding the power crystal. ''Then try laughing at this!'' He whistled and out of nowhere, a big tasmanian tiger jumps in front of Crash. The group of evildoers backed away to let him do his job.
''T-Tiny?''
''Crash! We meet again! You no leave with my crystal this time!'' He growled and lifted his arm to attack Crash, but he rolled on the ground to dodge it. ''Grrrr! Let me squash orange bandicoot!''
The orange marsupial had a brilliant idea. He did a slide between his legs and to get behind the tasmanian tiger. Of course, Tiny was stupid enough to bend over and look to see where Crash went. The orange bandicoot was there, chuckling and waving at him. He took that chance to do his spin attack on his face.
''Whoooooooaaa! This IS better than watching Wumpa Idol! GO TINY!''
''THAT'S ENOUGH, STU!''
After Tiny recovered, he kept fighting. But, it seems that the tasmanian tiger was too strong for Crash...
''CRASH! Do you have anything else in mind? He is too strong!''
The orange bandicoot thought for a second and came up with something good. Tiny turned around and looked at him holding a bazooka, smirking at him.
''Uh oh! He's got a weapon! RUN!'' The whole group of evil island residents ran away in fear and left Crash and Aku Aku by themselves with the tasmanian tiger.
''Tiny doesn't fear your weapon toy! Tiny still squash bandicoot!''
Crash chuckled and aimed the bazooka at his face. He started to shoot wumpa fruits at him, leaving a big mess on his face. Tiny growled and wiped his face from the wumpa fruit.
''STOP! TINY HATES FRUIT!''
Crash stopped firing and looked at him. ''Alright, Tiny. You tell us why is there a big tower with an N on it up there.''
''Uhhhh… uhhh… Pinstripe!''
''Pinstripe is behind it?'' Crash worried. ''That's not good. Pinstripe is smart and very loyal to Cortex, so this won't be easy.''
''Tiny saw island people building it. Tiny don't know what is that for. You find out yourself.''
''Well, that is worse! He's using the brainwashed island people to build it?''
''Y-Yes! Tiny wish you luck, but Tiny still wants to crush you bandicoot!''
The tasmanian tiger left off and left Crash there with Aku Aku. They saw the power crystal that the dingo guy had on his hand right there on the grass. He must have dropped it when he and the group of brainwashed individuals ran away in fear. The orange marsupial went over to pick it up. That's three crystals in total and four more to go…
''Well, Crash. It seems that we've got our third crystal'' Aku Aku says. ''Now we need the other four.''
''Let's keep moving. We don't have much time.''
Meanwhile on Cortex's lab...
Dr. Cortex was excited at this point. After all, he had everything he wanted: loyal minions and power. He was there with Uka Uka, watching the events occurring on N. Sanity Island from his big computer screen on the Iceberg Lab. Uka Uka felt completely satisfied for once now that he sees that Cortex's plan wasn't so bad at all.
''Yes… for once I see everything going according to the plan'' Says the evil floating mask. ''Now on to Wumpa Island! I wanna see those bandicoots become our loyal slaves!''
''We will, Uka Uka. We will…'' Says Cortex. ''Let's just take it easy now. The plan is going perfectly!''
The computer screen blinked and showed a hologram of Pinstripe. He looked at Cortex and spoke.
''Hello? Cortex?'' The potoroo spoke, but what he said couldn't even be heard that much due to the low volume. ''Can you hear me?''
''What? Speak louder!'' Says Cortex. ''Uka Uka, do me a favor and fix the volume for me.''
''You fool! Do you see any arms on me!?''
''Fine!''
He went over to the computer and fixed the volume problem by himself. Now, he could hear the potoroo perfectly.
''So…'' Cortex looked at him on the screen. ''How is everything going over there? Are you working on what I ordered you to do?''
''The tower thingy? Yes'' Pinstripe replied. ''I made the inhabitants of the island work on it.''
''Good'' Cortex replied. ''Don't disappoint me. You know I need it for my other plan I have with the Mind Control Ray.''
''I won't. Oh, and I also-'' The hologram of Pinstripe started to blink and disappeared. A hologram of Tiny appeared instead.
''Ugh! What do you want, Tiny?!'' Cortex said, annoyed. ''I'm in the middle of a conversation here and you decide to pop out of nowhere and interrupt? Seriously, learn your manners!''
''Cortex! Tiny saw bandicoot here! But Tiny couldn't squash him!''
Cortex's eyes were wide open when he found out that Crash was going to ruin his plans yet again, or even to find the crystals before him. He looked over at Uka Uka and could tell he wasn't happy about the whole thing. Of course, he promised him that this plan would work and that it was going to be all ''different'' compared to other times, but Cortex felt that he was going in the wrong direction by letting the orange bandicoot live to sabotage his plan.
''What?!'' Cortex worried. ''This can't be! I-I thought…''
''COR-TEX!'' Uka Uka yelled. ''What about the so-called 'weapon' that was supposed to eliminate that wretched bandicoot!?''
Cortex chuckled nervously. ''Now don't you worry. I'm going to set it up and use it, Uka Uka. Just give me some time!''
''Everything is going great so far, so don't ruin it! You better kill that bandicoot…'' He gets closer to his face. ''Or else!''
''Oh, no…''
United States of America
Police station
11: 40 AM
When people lose friends or family that mean a lot to them, they feel as if the world came crashing down. As time goes by, they may or may not forget them. Some people forget and pretend that the friend or family member they lost doesn't even exist, but others don't forget and the memories of that someone that means a lot them stay there. Some people move on, but others just want to find that special person again that they have lost.
This certain someone has lost people that mean a lot to him… two to be exact. One of them was his little sister and her best friend, who was slowly becoming a brother figure to him and to her sister. He's the type of person who never moved on… he misses the family members that he lost and wants to come back for them.
That certain someone is… well, let's just say that he is an ordinary young adult that works as a police officer. The 20 year old male was inside his office, sitting on a desk and working on his computer. The memories coming back made him sigh and rub his head. He could remember it like it was just yesterday. It took place one year ago when he was walking by the park with his teenage sister and her friend. He went over to buy a snack from someone who was selling food there and when he turned around, they disappeared into a portal. He doesn't know where they went, but he missed them and tried everything he can to find them. The young adult sighed heavily and got up from the chair. He opened the door and left his office to talk about his problem with a close friend of his.
''Marlene'' He called when he saw his young, 21 year old friend there. She turned around and went over to him. ''Look, I've got this problem… I don't think you're going to believe me because it will sound crazy.''
''What's wrong, Alec?''
''Let's talk in private'' They moved to a corner to distance themselves from the people that were close to them to avoid them from listening and continued. ''It's about my little sister, Heather… and her best friend, Chris. They've been lost for a year and I don't know where they are.''
Marlene's eyes grew wide open when she heard that. ''A year?! Why didn't you tell me this? Did you try searching for them?''
''Yes! I have been doing so since they disappeared and I can't find them. I couldn't tell you because it just sounds so crazy and you won't even believe me.''
''Just tell me everything, Alec. I promise that I will believe you. That's what friends are for.''
He sighed. ''Okay, look. We were just walking by the park at noon and having a great time. I saw this guy selling cotton candy and went over to buy some. When I turned around, I saw Heather and Chris getting pulled into a portal. I ran to help, but it was too late because they disappeared into it. Up to this day, their whereabouts remain unknown and I miss them a lot… they're the only family I have. Call me crazy now!''
''Officer Al, it's okay! I believe you. Has anyone else helped you?''
''Of course not! I tried asking for help, but they think I'm insane when I tell them what happened. Who is actually going to believe that a portal opened and Heather and Chris disappeared into it? No one! This is all just out of the ordinary.''
Alec sighed and sat on a chair to calm himself down. His young adult friend sat beside him. ''Look, I'm going to help you find Heather and Chris. I promise that you'll have them back in no time.''
''Thanks for being the only one that cares and believes me'' He reached into his pocket and took out what it seemed to be a piece of a shiny purple diamond. ''Do you see this, Marlene? This is something I found on the ground when Heather and Chris disappeared into the portal. I bet this has something to do with what happened.''
She grabbed the object and inspected it. ''Alec, do you know what this is? This is a fragment of a power crystal. These things can only be found on the Wumpa Islands, not here and on any other part of the world.''
''So, you're saying that my sister and her friend are in… Australia?'' The young adult gasped. ''Oh, my…''
''I don't know, Alec. Look, stop by my house tonight. I know just what to do.''